NEW AT TEN -- ZELICH'S EX- GIRLFRIEND JAMIE BATES SAYS SHE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO EAT OR SLEEP SINCE HEARING ABOUT THE CHARGES HE IS FACING. SHE SKYPED WITH US THIS EVENING FROM MICHIGAN, WHERE SHE NOW LIVES. 00:04:57 IT STILL HASN'T REGISTERED WITH ME I CRY AND I SHAKE. BATES TELLS 12 NEWS SHE MET ZELICH ON A BONDAGE WEBSITE...A FORUM SHE FEELS IS SAFE AND IS PORTRAYED IN A BAD LIGHT. SHE SAYS SHE ONLY DATED ZELICH FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE THEIR ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP DISSOLVED. BUT THEY LIVED TOGETHER AS ROOMMATES FOR ABOUT A YEAR. BATES SAYS ZELICH WAS VERY KIND TO HER, AND WAS GOOD WITH HER CHILDREN. SHE SAYS SHE ONLY BEGAN TO FEEL SCARED AFTER SHE TOLD ZELICH SHE WAS THINKING OF MOVING OUT...AND ZELICH REVEALED HE HAD KEPT A GIRL FOR ABOUT 7 YEARS. JAMIE BATES" "SHE WAS WILLING KEPT IN A CAGE, UNDER 90 PERCENT LOCK DOWN, HE WOULD LET HER OUT TO USE THE BATHROOM, HE WOULD FEED HER IN THERE, HE WOULD CHECK UP ON HER WHEN HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK AND HE WAS A POLICE OFFICER AT THIS TIME. AND THAT REALLY REALLY FREAKED ME OUT BATES SAYS SHE WONDERS WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT WOMAN.

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